Nokia Lumia 625 - Personalise
the start screen

Nokia Lumia: How to personalise your Start Screen

Make your start screen yours
– choose your background photo, pin your favourite apps and much more
to the start screen, or change the tile size and layout as you like.
To get the most out of the space on the start screen, group apps into
folders.

To add a background photo, on the start screen, swipe down
from the top of the screen, and tap ALL SETTINGS.

Tap start+‎theme > choose photo.

Tap a photo, crop it as you like, and tap .

Tip: Why not match your background and tile colours with your background
picture? Tap Background or Accent colour. To share your theme on all your Windows devices, on
the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > sync my settings, and
switch theme to On.

Move a tile

Tap and hold the tile, drag and drop it to the new location,
and tap the screen.

Resize or unpin
a tile

To resize, tap and hold the tile, and tap the arrow icon.

The tiles can be either small, medium, or wide. The bigger the
tile is, the more info it can show.

To unpin the tile, tap and hold the tile, and tap .

Group tiles
into folders

Tap and hold the tile, and drag and drop it on top of the
tile or folder you want to group it with. To open an app from the
folder, tap the folder, then tap the app you want. To change the name
of the folder, tap and hold the name, and type in the name you want.
To remove a folder, unpin the tiles in it.

Pin an app

Swipe left to go to the apps menu, tap and hold the app,
and tap pin to start.

Pin a contact

Tap People, tap and hold the contact, and tap pin to start.

When you pin contacts,
their feed updates are shown on the tile, and you can call them directly
from the start screen.

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